Abstract
Introduction: To present a very rare case of conductive hearing loss which caused by partially ossified chorda tympani nerve. Case report: An 18-year-old female patient who had mild conductive hearing loss (40 dB pure tone average) had undergone exploratory tympanotomy. During the exploration, the chorda tympani nerve was found to be covered by a thin layer of bone. When the bone covering of the nerve was broken, all the ossicles were observed to be mobile. Discussion: A non-progressive conductive hearing loss with normal eardrum is highly suggestive of a congenital malformation. Amongst these anomalies partially ossified chorda tympani nerve is one of the very rare causes of conductive hearing loss.
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